Meaning & use
purple-blue
Having a color that is a blend of purple and blue, similar to indigo or violet.
See it in a sentence
The bruise slowly turned a deep purple-blue over the following two days.
Twilight painted the mountains in soft purple-blue tones just after sunset.
A note on using this word
Purple-blue is a descriptive compound color term, most often used for natural phenomena like sky, water, or bruising.
Words with a similar meaning
indigoviolet
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